Not that Stanford is a bad team by any measure; they have firepower and they have a great attitude. Oregon should have come out and lit them up on both sides of the ball, but the Ducks defense will have to shoulder the largest portion of blame for this loss. The unit that held decent Cal and USC offenses in check seemingly had no answer for Stanford, and it will likely keep them out of a BCS game.
Meanwhile, Oregon St. relies on Canfield's arm and he delivers a big win against Cal.
We've said it before and we'll say it again, the Pac-10 is a deep conference and compares favorably, top to bottom, against any other. Unfortunately, the Pac-10 also doesn't have one or two dominant teams that can be held up against the best of the Big 12 or SEC. That's what happens when the entire conference has depth, those teams end up beating on each other and no one emerges unscathed.
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Ducks can still make a BCS game, they win the PAC-10 and they get the Rose bowl. Beat the Beavers and Wildcats and they are in, so heck they could afford to lose again, although they shouldn't.
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